In-House Validated Map of Lymph Node Stations in a Prospective Cohort of Colorectal Cancer: A Tool for a Better Preoperative Staging

Figure 1

The nodal stations map, adapted with permission from the JSCCR study “Japanese Classification of Colorectal, Appendiceal, and Anal Carcinoma: the 3rd English Edition” [16]. Three categories of nodal stations are seen: locoregional (red), intermediate (blue), and central (yellow and white).